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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549


FORM 8‑K


CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO
SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): October 30, 2017

Education Realty Trust, Inc.
Education Realty Operating Partnership, LP

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Maryland
 
001-32417
 
20-1352180
Delaware
 
333-199988-01
 
20-1352332
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)


999 South Shady Grove Road, Suite 600
Memphis, Tennessee
 

38120
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)

901-259-2500

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
 
Emerging growth company o

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o




































Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On October 30, 2017, Education Realty Trust, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing its results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and made available updated supplemental information concerning the ownership, operations and portfolio of the Company. Copies of the press release and the supplemental information are furnished as Exhibits 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

This Current Report on Form 8-K and the exhibits attached hereto are being furnished by the Company pursuant to Item 2.02 and Item 7.01 of Form 8-K in satisfaction of the public disclosure requirements of Regulation FD and Item 2.02 of Form 8-K, insofar as they disclose historical information regarding the Company’s results of operations or financial condition for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017.

In accordance with General Instructions B.2 and B.6 of Form 8-K, the information included in this Current Report on Form 8-K (including Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 hereto), shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing made by the Company under the Exchange Act or Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

The disclosure contained in Item 2.02 is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits. The following exhibits are being furnished herewith to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
    
Exhibit No.
 
Description
99.1
 
99.2
 






SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 
EDUCATION REALTY TRUST, INC.
 
 
Date: October 30, 2017
By:
/s/ Edwin B. Brewer, Jr.
 
 
Edwin B. Brewer, Jr.
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
EDUCATION REALTY OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, LP
 
 
Date: October 30, 2017
By: EDUCATION REALTY OP GP, INC., its general partner
 
 
 
 
By: /s/ Edwin B. Brewer, Jr.
 
 
Edwin B. Brewer, Jr.
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer









INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.
 
Description
99.1
 
99.2